You can download available updates from the Catalog and save to be installed later.
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.co...en/default.asp
How to Download Windows Updates and Drivers from the Windows Update Catalog
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=323166
Click Add button for each update you want to download. Once you have what you want,
Click the “Go To Download Basket” link. Type in or browse to the location where you
want the updates saved to and then Click the “Download Now” button.
Once downloaded, you can then burn them to CD.
Other link which may be of interest:
Search for a download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/s...displaylang=en
"Grasshopper Geoff" <Grasshopper
> wrote in message
news:417CAD3C-9029-4DA3-9F57-...
>I want to update my win98 machine to win98se so that it can use my cable
> modem through it USB port; until then, I can't get it online to receive the
> update. I'd like to download the necessary files on this, my winXP machine,
> burn them to a CD and transfer them to the PC that needs it.
> But each time I try to find the relevant files, WinUpdate kicks in and tries
> to give me updates for this, the newer PC.
> How can I download file onto this computer without installing them, even
> though they're files this computer doesn't need?